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Antoinette Gabrielle Charpentier Danton
Antoinette Gabrielle Charpentier (1762-1793), first wife of French revolutionary leader Georges Danton (1759-1794). She died in childbirth while Danton was on mission in Belgium. Oil on canvas portrait by Jacques-Louis David, 1793. Musée...
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Execution of Brissot
Execution of Jacques-Pierre Brissot (1754-1793) on 31 October 1793, engraving by an anonymous artist, 1793.
National Library of France, Paris.
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Suzanne Curchod
Portrait of Suzanne Curchod (1739-1794), oil on canvas by Joseph-Siffred Duplessis, c.18th century. One-time fiance to British writer Edward Gibbon, Suzanne was the wife of France's popular finance minister Jacques Necker and the mother to...
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Prologue Scene, Tales of Hoffmann
An 1881 illustration showing a scene in the wine cellar from the prologue of the operetta Tales of Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880).
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Lefèvre d’Étaples
Portrait of Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples (c. 1455-1536), engraving by Jean de Laon, 1581.
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Celebration of the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle
Allegory in Honour of the Publication of the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, February 13, 1749, oil on canvas by Jacques Dumont, 1761.
Carnavalet Museum, Paris.
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Sketch Portrait of James IV of Scotland
A sketch portrait of James IV of Scotland (r. 1488-1513 CE) by Jacques Le Boucq. Drawn in 1559 CE.
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Pope Pius VII
Portrait of Pope Pius VII, oil on panel by Jacques-Louis David, 1805.
Louvre Museum, Paris.
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Meeting of the Deputies on the Evening of 19 Brumaire
In the aftermath of the Coup of 18 Brumaire, Lucien Bonaparte convenes a meeting of 25 deputies from each of the two councils of the French Directory, to finalize the abolition of the Constitution of Year III and to form the French Consulate...
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Conspiracy of Amboise
Consipiracy of Amboise, March 1560, engraving by Jacques Tortorel.
National Library of France, Paris.
